stinger
[sting-er]
- a person or thing that stings.
- an animal or plant having a stinging organ.
- the sting or stinging organ of an insect or other animal.
- Informal. a stinging blow, remark, or the like.
- a cocktail made of brandy and crème de menthe.
- (initial capital letter) Military. a U.S. Army shoulder-launched, heat-seeking antiaircraft missile, with a range of 3 miles (5 km).
- British Informal. a highball of whiskey and soda.
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Origin of stinger
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Contemporary Examples of stinger
The nose—as anyone knows who ever has received a stinger from an errant baseball—has countless pain fibers.
“Certain weapons like Stinger missiles are extremely hard to control once they are transferred,” he said.
Historical Examples of stinger
He looked at it so closely that he did not miss even the stinger.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
It sized up like a bad case of bee bite with me at the wrong end of the stinger.
Torchy and VeeSewell Ford
He shot them both and then killed the stinger that was pecking at his shins.
Cat and MouseRalph Williams
There was no rumble on the Stinger, only a baggage rack and boot.
AthalieRobert W. Chambers
My word, it was a stinger—just like as if twenty thousand wasps was at you.
Jack at SeaGeorge Manville Fenn
Stinger
- trademark a device, consisting of a long track of raised spikes, laid across a road by police to puncture the tyres of escaping vehicles
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stinger
- a person, plant, animal, etc, that stings or hurts
- Australian any marine creature that stings its victims, esp the box jellyfish
- Also: stengah a whisky and soda with crushed ice
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Word Origin and History for stinger
1550s, agent noun from sting (v.).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
stinger
[stĭng′ər]
- A sharp stinging organ, such as that of a bee, scorpion, or stingray. Stingers usually inject venom.
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